Mr Maybe heads up John's Call
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Wednesday's $100,000 John's Call for 3-year-olds and up at 1 5/8 miles on the turf features a field of 11 looking to highlight their summer campaign with a stakes win at Saratoga.
Entering for meet leading trainer Chad Brown and owners Michael Dubb and Head of Plains Partners is Mr Maybe. A 5-year-old gelding, the son of Ghostzapper will look to make his first non-graded stakes start since October of last year when he captured an optional-claiming race at Belmont by 4 lengths. He returned on March 3 to begin his 2016 campaign at Gulfstream Park with a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida Stakes and finished seventh in the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 3.
Renown, a lightly raced 5-year-old with four wins from eight starts, will look to continue his win streak for Merriebelle Stable and trainer Elizabeth Voss following his nose victory in the Cape Henlopen July 9 at Delaware Park. Also returning from that race are second-place finisher Street Fashion for trainer Graham Motion and Augustin Stable, third-place runner Biz The Nurse for owner John D'Amato and trainer Tom Albertrani and fourth-place finisher Set to Music for trainer Arnaud Delacour and Lael Stables.
Rounding out the field are Rum Tum Tugger for Hall of Famer Jonathan Sheppard, third on August 12 in an optional-claiming race at Saratoga; Moss Code for trainer Niall Saville and owner Irvin Naylor, who won an allowance race last time out at Delaware Park; My Afleet for trainer James Lawrence and owners Jeffrey Amling and Merriefield Farms; Procurement for trainer Mike Maker and Maxis Stable; Biedermeier for trainer Todd Wyatt and Riverdee Stable; and Swear by It for trainer Nicholas Esler and owner Lawrence Goichman.
Source: NYRA Communications
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